Benstonea monticola
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64405f5d68582106507213 |
| Scientific name | Benstonea monticola |
| Authority | (F.Muell.) Callm. & Buerki |
| First published in | Candollea 67: 336 (2012) |
Description Top
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Benstonea monticola, also known as scrub breadfruit or urchin-fruited pandan, is a plant endemic to the rainforested areas of north east Queensland, Australia. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree with long, narrow leaves and spiny margins. The plant is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants, and produces a multiple fruit with over 300 segments. It was first described as Pandanus monticola by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller and later transferred to the new genus Benstonea. The species name, monticola, means "mountain dweller" in Latin and the common name, scrub breadfruit, refers to the fruit's resemblance to breadfruit. This plant is found in rainforest habitats and is a host plant for the peppermint stick insect. It is also eaten by cassowaries and giant white-tailed rats. Currently, it is listed as least concern by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science and has not been assessed by the IUCN.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Pandanus pluvisilvaticus | H.St.John | Pacific Sci. 21: 279 (1967) |
| Pandanus monticola | F.Muell. | Fragm. 5: 40 (1865) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | scrub breadfruit |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0001334559 |
| Tropicos | 100383706 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77124048-1 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 403585 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 1259940 |
| IUCN Red List | 192233782 |
| IPNI | 77124048-1 |
| iNaturalist | 709398 |
| GBIF | 9362941 |
| Wikipedia | Benstonea_monticola |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| In Tropical Lowland Rain Forests Monocots have Tougher Leaves than Dicots, and Include a New Kind of Tough Leaf | Dominy NJ, Grubb PJ, Jackson RV, Lucas PW, Metcalfe DJ, Svenning JC, Turner IM | Ann Bot | 03-Apr-2008 |
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| Frequency of Cyanogenesis in Tropical Rainforests of Far North Queensland, Australia | MILLER RE, JENSEN R, WOODROW IE | Ann Bot | 01-Jun-2006 |
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| In public collections | 0 |